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% Computes the orbit normal from equinoctial elements.
Since version 1.
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Form:
n = OrbNEq( eq )
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Inputs
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eq Elements vector [a,P1,P2,Q1,Q2,l]
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Outputs
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n (3,1) Orbit Normal
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References: Battin, R.H., An Introduction to the Methods and Mathematics
of Astrodynamics, AIAA, New York, 1987, p. 494.
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